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THE WEEKLY
LUNCHEON OF
THE ROTARY CLUB
MR. C. S. HODGES, OF DECATUR
COUNTY, GIVES INTERESTING
TALK ON AGRICULTURE.
The Rotary Club held its regular
luncheon Wednesday at the noon
hour. Rotarian T. B. McDowell pre
sided in the absence of President
Bill Smith. There were only a few
absentees.
Mr. Cha's. S. Hodges, a prominent
business man and farmer of Decatur
county, president of the Bainbridge
Kiwanis club, was a guest of the Club
and made an interesting talk con
cerning the improved outlook for
farming because of diversification,
which has already made considerable
progress. He had a word to say
about livestock, as well as corn,
peanuts and tobacco, and advised
that our people encourage more gen
eral diversification.
Mrs. E. L. Fryer, Jr., Mrs. Oscar
Whitchard and Mrs. J. D. Smith,
with Miss Evelyn Dußose at the
piano, rendered several vocal selec
tions, and Mrs. J. L. Graham made
several catchy humorous recitations,
besides giving the Rotarians a “brain
test” quiz, which produced a bit of
pleasant fun.
The Secretary read some corres
pondence with Dr. Ralph Gillam con
cerning the possibility of locating a
cotton loom factory here, and stated
that promoters of the, enterprise had
been invited to visit Blakely.
Mrs. Wilson served the Rotarians
a delightful luncheon, a Valentine
being given the Club members as
favors.
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF
YOUNG PEOPLE
Will Be Held at Macon, Ga., on
April 22, 23 and 24.
The first state-wide interdenomi
national Young People’s Conference
to be held in the State will be held
at Mercer University, Macon, Ga.,
April 22, 23 and 24, beginning Fri
day night and closing Sunday after
noon, according to an announcement
from the headquarters of the Geor
gia Sunday School Association, the
organization promoting the Confer
ence.
The Conference will be limited to
500 young people between 16 and
21 years of age, their teachers, su
perintendents and pastors, it is
stated, and only 300 of these can be
taken from outside of Macon. All
outside delegates may expect free
lodging and breakfast from the Ma
con young people, and all other meals
can be gotten at reasonable rates
from restaurants and cafeterias.
The local promotion work for the
Conference is said to be in the hands
of a committee of young people head
ed by Joe Santo, P. O. Box 814, Ma
con, Ga. Miss lone Alverson, Young
People’s Superintendent, 222 Hurt
Bldg., Atlanta, Ga., is director of the
Conference, and full information of
the Conference- can be had by
writing her.
OFFERS ATTRACTIVE
PRICES FOR
SATURDAY ONLY
Spot Cash:
Sugar, 14 lbs. for SI.OO
Best Syrup, gal. cans .55
Flour, 24 lb. sack 1.00
MRS. E. HERRING
Blakely, : : Georgia
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
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$1.35 SACK
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’CELLUS STEWART
STILL RESTS IN JAIL
Awaits Decision from Supreme Court
in Appeal for New Trial.
The Rowena correspondent of the
News inquires what has become of
’Cellus Stewart, the negro who was
convicted in December of wjfe mur
der and sentenced to be electrocuted
on February 11th. ’Cellus is still in
the Blakely jail enjoying his rations
and his long rest from labor. His
attorney, Col. Lowrey Stone, filed a
plea for a new trial immediately fol
lowing his conviction, and as it us
ually takes about 90 days for the
first stage of such a plea, the plea is
still unheard and it is likely to be
another six months before the su
: preme court hands down a decision.
This, at least, insures the murderer a
few more months of life, and as long
las there is life there is hope for es
cape for the criminal.
MEETING OF ELTEKAN CLASS.
Wordsworth’s “host of golden
daffodils” charmed our eyes as we
1 entered Mrs. D. R. Deal’s living
jroom on Tuesday afternoon for the
business and social meeting of our
Class. The devotional service was
led by Mrs. Fred Garrett, who read
an extract from the Sermon on the
Mount, in which Christ said to His
disciples, “Ye are the salt of the
world,” and compared the effect of
their consistent lives on the world
to the saving, freshening power of
salt applied to material things. Her
comments showed how this still ap
plies to the copsecration of a life to
the principles taught by Jesus. Pray
er by Mrs. Stewart followed. Mrs.
Carl Hobbs brought us the lesson in
our study of David, the five sections
of the chapter presenting a graphic
portraiture of David’s character,
the strength of which was founded
on his loyalty to God. “He set the
Lord always before Him,” an exam
ple we would do well to emulate.
Mrs. Guyton Fisher will teach the
! 4th chapter at our March meeting.
After reading of minutes, the re
port of the Relief Committee was
given by Mrs. Pippin, and new Re
lief Committee, consisting of Mrs.
P. H. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Chas. L.
Glessner, was appointed.
The Treasurer’s report followed,
with collection of dues and birthday
offering. Mrs. Grady Holman was
the only infant the Class Stork both
ered to bring in February, and it
does seem as if Valentine’s Day
would have been the most fitting
day to deposit her on the door-step,
but Mrs. Holman claims that she
must have been a Comic Valentine,
because she failed to arrive until
the 15th. She refused to divulge
the year, and for this reason her of
fering was larger than it had a legal
right to be, but the Treasurer filed
no objection!
An animated discussion was enter
ed into as to ways of raising money
for a class project, and Mrs. Tabb’s
suggestion that each member draw
the small sum of a quarter from the
treasury and by judicious use add to
it until our April meeting, was
adopted. This seems a very small
amount, but “many a mickle makes
a muckle,” and there will be much
pleasant rivalry. Recalling a recent
Sunday School lesson, all were warn
ed not to resort to a napkin or to
a hole in the ground to preserve
these quarters intact until the day of
reckoning, but to keep them diligent
ly turning until we meet in April,
when each member will be called on
for the story of her quarter’s travels,
and will proudly deposit the pro
ceeds.
Delicious refreshments were served
by our hostesses, Mrs. D. R. Deal
and Mrs. C. P. Gay, the discussion
continuing even unto the end
thereof.
MRS. IDA L. STONE, Reporter.
FOR SALE—S tons White Span
ish Peanuts, grown on red land.
J. H. TAYLOR. See me at Bancroft
or write me Blakely, Ga., Rt. 7. 2tp
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
NAME OF GWINNETT
RAREST, COSTLIEST
OF ANY IN AMERICA
SIGNATURE OF FORMER GEOR-
GIAN COMMANDS VERY
HIGH PRICE.
“Make a name for yourself, but re
frain from over-autographing it.”
Present-day statesmen who would
bequeath to the world other than a
“cheap” name, measured from the
monetary standpoint of the signature
collector, would do well to develop a
severe case of writer’s cramp, in the
opinion of Miss Ruth Blair, Georgia
state historian.
For authority of this statement,
Miss Blair cites Button Gwinnett, one
time governor of Georgia and a
signer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. This bucolic feudalist’s
I signature recently commanded $28,-
500 at auction in New York, Miss
Blair said. This is the record price,
so far obtained for an American
signature, and is more than the value
of autographs of all the other 55
signers of America’s independence
document put together, it was
pointed out..
The Georgia state historian has
just completed a survey of all the
known Gwinnett signatures extant.
She found the number to be only 37,
only one of which has been denied as
authentic by handwriting experts.
While but one of these signatures is
on record in the state of Georgia,
a claim has been made for a second,
which at one time was in the state
archives but is now involved in liti
gation before the New York Court
of Appeals. Two of the signatures
are in England, she said, one being
attached to an application for a
marriage license in London, and the
other to the marriage register in
the registry of the Church of St.
Peter at Wolverhampton.
Most of the remaining signatures,
she said, were in private collections
of autographs of signers of the Dec
laration of Independence. Because
of its rarity and the demand for com
plete sets of the signatures of the
signers of the famous document of
1776, the Gwinnett autograph is
qble to demand the highest price of
any figure in American history, Miss
Blair said.
There is considerable doubt wheth
er the signature of any statesmen in
the Twentieth Century, or for cen
turies to come for that matter, will
SENECA THEATRE
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Tonight (Thursday), Feb. 17
JACK HOLT, ESTHER RALSTON, ERNEST
TORRENCE AND LOUISE DRESSER
—in—
“THE BLIND GODDESS”
Rated as one of the ten best pictures of the
year. It has a wonderful cast and a wonder
ful story—good wholesome comedy by father,
daughter and lover; then heart interest by er
ring mother; then tense drama in the shoot
ing of the father, and then—well, too many
gripping scenes for description. The manage
ment of this theatre assures you one of the
best pictures you have seen in “many moons.
Felix the Cat Cartoon 15c and 35c
Friday, Feb. 18
VIOLA DANA
—in— ,
“BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY”
A sweet breath of air from aristocratic old
Kentucky, with Viola Dana as charming as
ever. Strong supporting cast.
Pa the Comedy 15c and 25c
Saturday, Feb. 19
(FIGHTING) 808 CUSTER
—in—
“CACTUS TRAILS”
—aIso—
“STRINGS OF STEEL” (CHAP. 6.)
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 21-22
SPECIAL CAST
—in—
“LOVE’S BLINDNESS”
A picturization of one of Elinor Glynn’s most
interesting stories, with a strong cast.
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production
Felix the Cat Cartoon e 15c and 25c
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 23-24
GRETA GARBO
in
“THE LUCKY LADY”
A Paramount Picture
„ • —also—
Alabama-Stanford Pasadena New Year’s
Day Football Game.
♦
Educational Comedy 15c and 35c
JURORS FOR APRIL
TERM SUPERIOR COURT
The following jurors have been
drawn for service for the April term,
1927, of Early Superior Court, which
convenes on the first Monday in
April:
Grand Jurors
D. S. Sheffield, A. D. Roberts, W.
C. Bryan, C. M. Deal, R. O. Waters,
I. A. Walton, E. B. Hamilton, Isaac
Newberry, W. C. Harris, E. A. Evans,
J. A. Webb, H. F. McLaurin, J. G.
Brantley, R. C. Singletary, C. B. Mil
ler, J. W. Martin, P. C. Johnson, J.
B. Jones (866th Dist.), W. A.
Amos, J. B. Hall, H. A. Walton, F.
A. Barham, J. M. Giddens, U. L.
Slappey, E. W. Jones, O. B. Huds
peth, J. M. Bryant, J. D. Smith, W.
J. Slappey, F. W. Pipkin.
Traverse Jurors
R. H. Stuckey, Sr., Shelly Sim
mons, G. Z. Justice, S. E. Thompson,
J. L. Collins, A. R. Bailey, J. L.
Freeman, S. B. White, Frank Kelly,
T. J. Fort, E. D. Wilkerson, A. H.
Mosely, R. F. Freeman, Joe Lasse
ter, L. B. Perry, C. P. Gay, H. H.
Stuckey, Jr., J. B. Hall, H. T. Wil
liams, J. J. McLendon, Sr., J. A.
Hightower, L. O. Runnels, J. B.
Duke, J. C. Gentry, B. M. Jones, R.
J. Cain, L. B. Fryer, W. C. Evans,
J. O. Evans, B. F. Fuller, J. P. Alex
ander, S. S. Timmons, L. T. Robin
son, Emmett McLendon, H. G. Hous
ton, Harmon Mock, R. E. Regan,
Robert Swann, S. B. Causey, R. W.
Wolfe, L. W. Wiley, H. D. Elliott,
H. B. Ainsworth, J. E. Hayes, W. M.
Philmon, J. W. Saxon, C. E. Boyett,
Jr., J. M. Garrett, T. F. Daniels, M.
C. DeWolfe, O. W. Gordon, J. E.
Pickron.
DR. ANDERSON COMING.
Dr. E. H. Anderson, Optometrist,
will be here on Wednesday, February
23rd. If you have eye trouble or
need glasses fitted, see him. Here
one day only.
BARHAM JEWELRY CO.
command the fabulous sum as that
brought by Gwinnett, the state his
torian said.
The average statesman writes his
name a thousand times now where a
century or so ago it was written but
once, and besides even the most in
significant public records of today
are guarded more zealously than the
all-important ones of not so long
ago.
A good pastime for the average in
dividual of the present generation
might be to endeavor to check up on
the number of public or quasi-public
documents on file to which his name
is attached, Miss Blair, suggested.
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION.
GEORGIA—EarIy County:
Martha Lee Wilson vs. William
David Wilson.—Libel for Divorce. In I
Earlv Superior Court, April Term,;
1927. . J
The defendant, William David
Wilson, is hereby required, personal
ly or by attorney, to be and appear
at the next term of the Superior
Court of said county, to be held in
and for said county on the First
Monday in April, 1927, next, then
and there to answer the plaintiff’s
libel for a total divorce.
Witness the Hon. M. J. Yeomans,
Judge of said Court, this 16th day
of February, 1927.
J. E. BECKHAM/Clerk.
FOR SALE.
Runner Seed Peanuts, any quan
tity, packed in new bags, seven cents
pound, f. o. b. Arlington, Ga.
ARLINGTON PEANUT CO.
Just Received a Large
Shipment of
WIRE FENCING
58 in, American Poultry Fence,
10 rod rolls $g QQ
31 inch-American Wire Fence,
20 rod rolls . *B.OO
40 inch American Wire Felice,
20 rod rolls *9.60
Best Galvanized $A *7 A
Roofing, per square— “• • "
See us before buying Plant
ers, Distributors, Drag Har
rows, and SAVE.
W. C. COOK
IN BUSINESS
FOR
YOUR HEALTH
HOWELL DRUG COMPANY
BLAKELY, GA.
“We Sell the Best for Less”
The
(The Former R. H. Stuckey Store)
NORTH MAIN STREET
E. A. WILSON, Manager
INTRODUCTORY PRICES FOR
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
ONLY:
15 lbs. Sugar for sl.oo
24 lb. sack Flour for .95
8 lb. bucket Jewel Compound
Lard (limit 1 to customer) 1.00
Tupelo Cheviots, per yard .___ .12%
Boys’ Overalls, pair .48
Sheeting, per yard (limit 10 yds.
to customer) .05
Bed Ticking, per yard .07
SPOT CASH TO ALL
NEW AND COMPLETE STOCK OF DRY GOODS
AND GROCERIES RECEIVED THIS WEEK.
C. T. ALEXANDER
Dentist
BLAKELY, : : GEORGIA
Office upstairs in Southern Stat’s
Life Building, rooms 5 and 6.
Office hours: 8:30 to 12:00 a. m
2:00 to 6:00 p. m.
Efficiency
SOL G. BECKHAM
Plumber and Machinist
BLAKELY : GEORGIA
Terms strictly cash. Phone 176.
J AMES W. BONNER
Lawyer
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Offices upstairs in Citizens Bank
Building.
~W? H. ALEXANDER
Physician and Surgeon
BLAKELY. : : GEORGIA
Phones: Office 16, Residence SB.
Offices: 10 and 12, Alexander Bids
X-Ray and Electrical Equipment.
LOWREY STONE
Attorney at Law-
Alexander Bldg.
BLAKELY, : GEORGIA
FELIX P. DAVIS
Dentist
„ BLAKELY : : GEORGIA
Prices reasonable and all work guar
anteed. Specialist on Crown and
Bridge work. Office in Gay building,
first two rooms at head of stairs.
Phone 157.
FOR SALE— 2S tons of No. 1
White Spanish seed peanuts. C. L.
COOK, Arlington, Ga. 27-3 t